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Prime Minister. That is all from the BBC News At six. Now it's time

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Prime Minister. That is all from the BBC News At six. Now it's thme to

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BBC News At six. Now it's time to get the news and weather whdre you

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get the news and weather where you are..

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Warnings we're heading towards an education crisis because

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of a critical shortage of trainee teachers

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think of traffic lights, it is not think of traffic lights, it is not

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yet at red but it is clearly yet at red but it is clearlx

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flashing amber. So why is London failing to

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attract trainee teachers? Also tonight,

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the hospital technicians jahled for We take a test ride

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along the capital's newest Compact and bijou `

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the house for sale in north London And pirouetting on parade `

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the graceful guardsman outshde Buckingham Palace causing a stir

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on social media. Welcome to BBC London News with me,

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Riz Lateef. We start tonight with warnings that

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the capital is facing a teaching crisis because of a shortage

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of specialists in key subjects. Figures obtained

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by BBC London show that around half the teacher trahning

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courses for maths and science in It comes at a time when thousands

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of extra teachers are needed to Here's our education reportdr

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Marc Ashdown. Last`minute prep before term starts.

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Beth and will be teaching m`ths Last`minute prep before terl starts.

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Beth and will be teaching maths in Beth and will be teaching m`ths in

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Hackney, although telling people she Hackney, although telling pdople she

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is taking to the classroom isn't is taking to the classroom hsn't

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always easy. Teaching in London you get if you looks, wow, rather you

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than me, especially maths. People tend to share horrific stories

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their own maths education that seem their own maths education that seem

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really scarring. While she hs really scarring. While she hs

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excited by the challenge, others are not. The latest data shows

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potentially large gaps in some subjects. 126 maths courses are on

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offer in London, 60 have unfilled spaces, nearly half. In scidnce

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there are 217 courses in biology, chemistry and physics, 121 have

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spaces. Out of 49 specialist language courses, 24 are currently

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not fall. This matters becatse not fall. This matters because

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places by 2018. At one teacher per places by 2018. At one teacher per

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30 pupils, that works out as for thousand 400 extra teachers who need

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to be found. We know the school population in London is going to

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grow quite dramatically over the next few years. We have to make sure

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next few years. We have to lake sure we are training enough teachers

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because as soon as we get into a spiral with not training enough

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teachers, there is a risk that standards go down. What we have got

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at present, if you think about a set of traffic lights, they are not yet

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at red but they are clearly flashing amber. The government also trains

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graduates through its schools direct scheme. Some pay, some are paid, and

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scheme. Some pay, some are paid and this map shows how many places have

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are patchy. The borough 's hn white are patchy. The borough 's hn white

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potentially have zero traindes, which could leave large swathes of

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London short. Thousands of new recruits attended a boot camp in

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recruits attended a boot calp in Leeds over the summer, with 600

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heading for London despite the challenges of teaching here. The way

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teachers are viewed in this country, we need to change that. I don't

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think teachers are valued. We get a lower salary than accountancy or

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banking, but in general it is an banking, but in general it hs an

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issue with London housing being so expensive. The numbers still don't

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add up, so next week the government is introducing this, a wide`ranging

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recruitment campaign building on the recruitment campaign building on the

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impact of educating Yorkshire. We want high`quality graduates to think

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we are offering bursaries in the key we are offering bursaries in the key

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subjects where we want focus, such as science and maths. It is hoped

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the new education Secretary will improve relations with existing

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teachers. All of this, we are told, would be a priority heading into the

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election. In London, the lack of teachers is becoming a classroom

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crisis. London schools have the best results

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in the country, so why the The drop in recruitment is no

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surprise. In recession, graduates flocked to a safe job. As the

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economy, as it picks up, money talks. The new education secretary

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should help. There is no doubt the predecessor had a fractious

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relationship with some areas of the profession. Today, Vicky Morgan

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repeatedly heaped plays `` Nicky Morgan repeatedly heaped pr`ise on

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teachers. She knows the danger if she doesn't plug the gaps. Design

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and technology have poorer recruitment figures, and schools

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could just drop them. Essential subjects need to be taught, but by

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who? Could be nonspecialists. Standards would suffer. The last

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time we had a recruitment sorted was the late 1990s, when tuition fees

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came in. `` a recruitment shortage. We had some of the worst results

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ever then. It is all about friends, but at the moment it is going the

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runway. Coming up, are you nervous to cycle in London? I have got on my

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bike to find out just how precarious cyclists are on these routes at the

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moment. Filthy and unsafe `

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that's how Wormwood Scrubs Prison A report's found nearly half

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of inmates felt they were in danger during their time

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at the west London jail. And in the last three years,

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six prisoners have taken Our home affairs corresponddnt

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Guy Smith reports. Wormwood Scrubs, made famous by

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film`makers, now under the spotlight again. For its safety record and

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failing to implement repeated failing to implement repeated

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recommendations concerning suicide and self harm. Since the last

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inspection in 2011, six prisoners here have taken their own lives,

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here have taken their own lhves with five last year. Chief

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Inspector's report says that work to reduce violence has been poorly

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resourced. And too Limited. The jail in West London holds nearly 130

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adult prisoners, many on remand. in West London holds nearly 1300

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adult prisoners, many on reland The adult prisoners, many on reland The

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last inspection found it was improving. This time around, in

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almost every aspect, it had declined significantly. The prison w`tchdog

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significantly. The prison watchdog said: Today's report was very

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disappointing. When we inspdcted, we disappointing. When we inspdcted, we

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discovered that not only have this number of prisoners taken their own

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lives, but the responses and recommendations that in student had

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not been actioned. We found some prisoners at risk of self h`rm in

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some pretty terrible condithons `` that had in student. One officer

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says there is daily violencd and that the jail is understaffed. We

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have disguised his identity. The have been more attacks than ever,

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and more fights between prisoners as well. Any violence is unacceptable.

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well. Any violence is unaccdptable. That view is echoed by a former

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burglar and ex`inmate of Wormwood Scrubs, but he also says the prison

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Scrubs, but he also says thd prison can't cope with the most probable.

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People say these prisons ard like People say these prisons ard like

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holiday camps. When was the last time somebody committed suicide in a

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holiday camp? You have to ask these questions. What are we doing to

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these people? What are they doing to them? They are getting more and more

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resentful, rather than trying to work with them. For a decadd, and

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Jill are routinely visited Wormwood Scrubs as the chair of the

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Independent monitoring board. She resigned last year. Hi each year

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from 2011 it got worse, and in 013 from 2011 it got worse, and in 2013

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I said it was on a knife edge. They totally denied it. The prison

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service says: but the report raises serious

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concerns about whether this prison is doing its job, helping

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rehabilitate criminals so that they are one`day safe to be released.

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Detectives investigating thd disappearance of 14`year`old Alice

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Gross say they've seen CCTV images showing her on the Grand Union Canal

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The pictures on Thursday were her last known sighting.

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The teenager was last seen by her family earlier that day

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Four highly skilled medical technicians have been jailed

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They operated the machines that maintain blood flow while

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But when they claimed to be working at Basildon Hospital, they were

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Their fraud added up to ?400,000. Gareth George reports.

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Gordon Brown, opening a specialist heart Centre at Basildon Hospital in

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2007. This man, John Mulholland, was 2007. This man, John Mulholland, was

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a respected blood circulation specialist who worked there. He

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operated heart and lung byp`ss operated heart and lung bypass

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equipment during surgery, btt tonight his career is in tatters,

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jailed for masterminding a conspiracy to defraud the NHS. They

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were full`time members of staff at Basildon Hospital, with full`time

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contracts. What they were doing was working at the hospital sitds

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contracts. What they were doing was working at the hospital sites during

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their contracted hours, providing services privately. Nothing wrong

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with NHS employees doing private with NHS employees doing prhvate

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work, but on this occasion they were doing it during their contr`cted

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hours, which made it fraud. Arriving at court today, a colleague of his

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called Martin Oliver, who w`s in and called Martin Oliver, who w`s in and

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it too, as were 51`year`old Anne Clements and 42`year`old Tol

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Cumberland. Together they ran a Cumberland. Together they ran a

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company called London the ftsion company called London the ftsion

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science Limited. When the hdart centre opened in 2007, Basildon

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Hospital employed their company and that is when the fraud began.

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Basildon Hospital had paid salaries for 14,000 hours that were not

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actually completed, and that equated to a salary of a payment of around

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?420,000. E`mails they send to each other were damning. One about their

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other were damning. One abott their company 's finances said:

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another referred to a to disguise how little time they spent `t

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Basildon Hospital: Basildon hospital says it now uses

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an electronic attendance logs to stop a Ford like this happening

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again. John Mulholland was jailed for three years. `` a fraud like

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this. Apologies for the juddering pictures.

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Some good news for thousands of commuters at Waterloo.

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You are going to get longer trains, but I'm afraid you'll have to wait

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for two years till they are ready to go.

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Old Eurostar platforms will be opened at Waterloo

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while engineering work takes place top make the platforms long enough

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Just by Platform 19 today, rail bosses announced 150 new carriages

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for South West Trains, which means capacity is going up by 30% in the

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next couple of years accordhng to the chief executive. These trains we

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are ordering today would be delivered in 2017 and will run

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predominately from Waterloo to Richmond and Twickenham, various

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suburban routes, and they will Richmond and Twickenham, various

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suburban routes, and they whll be suburban routes, and they whll be

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configured for suburban fashion `` suburban passengers to get on and

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off quickly. At Waterloo, two old Eurostar platforms are being

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reopened to minimise destruction for upgrading signalling and extending

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four platforms in 2017. The hope is destruction kept to a minimum, a

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quick result in railway terls destruction kept to a minimtm, a

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quick result in railway terms and destruction kept to a minimum, a

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quick result in railway terls and we quick result in railway terms and we

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will see results immediatelx quick result in railway terls and we

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will see results immediately with will see results immediatelx with

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the new trains and hopefully more the new trains and hopefully more

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passengers having a better commute into this busy terminal. The

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passengers having a better commute into this busy terminal. Thd number

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into this busy terminal. The number of passengers coming into W`terloo

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station has doubled in 15 years, station has doubled in 15 ydars

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many commuters simply find they cannot get a seat. Ordering these

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new trains will help to alldviate new trains will help to alleviate

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the over`capacity but it won't solve the whole problem. Still, p`ssengers

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the whole problem. Still, passengers welcomed the news. My husband

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travels daily, he says often how crowded it is, and becoming more and

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more so. So fantastic news. When I went to Southampton, it was very

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crowded. One of the biggest problems is there is hardly any placd to put

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luggage. With the additional coaches they have started to add, it has

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been much better. It means weary commuters going into Waterloo might

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actually get a seat in rush`hour. Reeling in the stars `

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our guide to what's on offer at this Join me from Buckingham Palace, I

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will find out how one of thd Join me from Buckingham Pal`ce, I

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will find out how one of thd Queen 's guard was caught pirouetting on

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parade. Don't believe me? See for parade. Don't believe me? Sde for

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yourself in the next few minutes. Next, if you're one of the many

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people too scared of the tr`ffic to cycle in London, news that two

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new dedicated cycleways are to The routes will travel

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from north to south and east to west Alice Bhandhukravi is in central

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London with more details for us. That's right. Victoria embankment

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behind me will be part of the proposed new cycle superhighway.

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This is the idea: two routes crossing London from north to south,

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from east to west, 18 miles of new cycle lanes. Starting in thd

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from east to west, 18 miles of new cycle lanes. Starting in the west of

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London, from Royal Oak, all the way to Tower Hill, where it will join

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the existing superhighway which runs the Barking in east London. The

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vertical route, which runs for more than three miles from King's Cross

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down to elephant and Castle. I enjoy cycling but I am one of those people

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usually too scared to cycle through the busy streets of London. Today,

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however, I took my chances `nd got on my bike.

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This is what it is like at the moment cycling between King's Cross

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and Blackfriars. Stop, start, dodging obstacles and people,

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dodging obstacles and peopld, navigating busy and dangerous

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navigating busy and dangerots junctions. This is the rub the new

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cycle superhighway would follow, junctions. This is the rub the new

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cycle superhighway would follow, but instead of painted lanes whhch only

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appear sometimes, the idea is instead of painted lanes which only

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appear sometimes, the idea is for segregated lanes, almost colpletely

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separated from traffic. This is the vision: Less space for carts and

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buses, more for cyclists and pedestrians. Is it really worth the

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effort and the cost? The cycling budget is ?1 billion over tdn years,

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these two routes will cost ?50 million delivering a Hugh transport

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for the money. The east`west route will take 3000 journeys per hour. If

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you want to take thousands dxtra you want to take thousands extra

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under the street, it will cost a great deal more. You need to

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convince people to get on their bikes and do this in order to make

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it worthwhile? If you don't, it would be a waste of money, when it?

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This is how we convince people. Every time we put in a new route,

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cycling has shot up. It has more than doubled in the last ten years.

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Unsurprisingly, those who look after the interests of other road users

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are not particularly keen to give way to cyclists. Competition for

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road space around here is more severe than anywhere else in the

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country. The mayor will have to show country. The mayor will have to show

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that these proposals for thd benefit that these proposals for thd benefit

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of a relatively small group are not at the experts of a much bigger

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number of road users in this area. The people we spoke to today

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number of road users in this area. The people we spoke to todax open to

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The people we spoke to today open to the new plans if it meant greater

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safety for everyone. It would definitely encourage me to cycle

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more. Definitely. London is very dangerous for bikes, but if that is

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what they are planning, it would be a big plus. The plans are lhkely to

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a big plus. The plans are likely to become reality. Convincing dnough

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Londoners to get on their bikes, Londoners to get on their bhkes

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though, is not a foregone conclusion. The consultation goes on

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until October the 19th. If they do get the final go`ahead, thex

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until October the 19th. If they do get the final go`ahead, they will

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until October the 19th. If they do get the final go`ahead, thex will be

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get the final go`ahead, they will be ready to use ins bring 2016. `` ins

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spring. This year's BFI London Film Festival

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is attracting both A`listers such as Benedict Cumberbatch,

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Keira Knightley and Brad Pitt, Now in its 58th year,

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the 12`day event sees the capital promote the world's best

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film talent and culture. Our arts correspondent Brenda

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Emmanus brings us the highlhghts. What did you do during the war? I

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worked in radio factory. He recently won an Emmy for his betrayal of

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Sherlock Holmes, but now insiders believe that Benedict Cumberbatch

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will again inspire admirers in his role as Alan Turing. The film opens

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this year's London Film Festival. I think one of the great pleasures of

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the film festival is it is both a film festival for the people of

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London and the Festival of significant standing

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internationally. And that is what makes it rich in terms of the

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opportunities we have at prdsent opportunities we have at prdsent

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great films. A host of film talent were present but today's launch in

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Leicester Square, which revealed Mike Leigh's cinematic portrait of

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William Turner, starring Timothy William Turner, starring Tilothy

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Spall, was one of the films on offer. One of the films that really

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excites me, and I find a re`l excites me, and I find a real

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characteristic of dish film`making, is the level of risk taking. People

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get behind filmmakers of vision and back them, and we see that all

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through the programme this year. As the British film Institute's Chief

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Executive pointed out, the festival brings together the world's stories

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in one place, while promoting trade and culture. But it is also an

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important showcase of British films, and London's emerging talent.

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Rebecca Johnston's honey trap Rebecca Johnston's honey tr`p

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presents a young woman's perspective on a tragic London murder. I

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presents a young woman's perspective on a tragic London murder. H like

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looking at outsiders and telling female stories, and I'm intdrested

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in girls try to find their place in Amman's world. `` a man's world.

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Brad Pitt is producer and star of Fury, also at the film festhval

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Now, is this just a sign of our crazy property market?

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At just over six feet wide, it's got to be one

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of the smallest homes, but ht's is expected to fetch up to a quarter

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Emilia Papadopoulous went to have a look at the two bedroom house

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When it comes to property prices in London, nothing shocks people, but

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this might. Sandwiched between two this might. Sandwiched between two

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average houses, it is one of the narrowest homes in the country. Your

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hands can touch either side? Just about. But Mike the house doesn't

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feel as small as it looks on the outside, and whoever does end up

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buying it will actually get quite a lot of floor space, even though it

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is all quite narrow. There hs a kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms, and

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even a small roof terrace. But if you are claustrophobic, this is

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probably not the best flat for you. The kitchen is fully fitted. Two

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bedrooms upstairs. There is also aloft. It is always great to have

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outside space. Even if it is tiny. The house was built in 1996 over

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driveway. On October the 1st, it will be put up for auction, with a

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guide price of ?235,000. It is definitely liveable. It is a

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guide price of ?235,000. It is definitely liveable. It is ` fully

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definitely liveable. It is a fully functioning house, and it is

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carpeted. It will hopefully go for 250, maybe more. Would any of the

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locals buy it? A little too narrow for me. It is not a great location.

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It seems quite small, but I suppose it is the price of a flat. Given the

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space, it doesn't seem... It is not the only narrow house in the

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the only narrow house in thd capital. This property in Shepherd's

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Bush, just 65 inches wide, sold for almost half ?1 million in 2006. It

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is now estimated to be worth around 950,000. Many may argue that this is

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just another example of London's housing crisis, but there is no

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doubt it will be the perfect fit for someone. And now to the

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They're synonymous with London, and the changing of the guard

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at Buckingham Palace is one of the capital's top tourist attractions.

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Now one of the Grenadier guardsmen is being investigated

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for apparently performing a few playful moves while on duty, the

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Our reporter Alex Bushill is outside the Palace.

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All of the guards outside Btckingham Palace do two hours of duty. Every

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ten minutes, they stand to attention, walk back and forth, and

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their commanding officer tells them they are not to eat, sit or lie

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down. But no mention of a phrouette. down. But no mention of a phrouette.

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And that is what one Guardsman down. But no mention of a pirouette.

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And that is what one Guardsman was caught doing. Look at this.

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That footage was taken, we think, last month. It has been viewed more

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than 75,000 times. He slows down and stops altogether, seemingly all for

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comic effect. But his signature move, that pirouette, he does

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comic effect. But his signature move, that pirouette, he dods it

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move, that pirouette, he does it twice, and very elegantly. The

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tourists I have shown it to think it is hilarious. I think he has spirit.

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I admire his courage. It is a breach of protocol. He is out of lhne. I am

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of protocol. He is out of line. I am professional dancer, and I think it

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is great. He is still doing his job, just spicing it up. What would you

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just spicing it up. What wotld you give him for technique? Ten out of

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ten. Very good. So, top mark, the tourists are clearly find it

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amusing. But the MoD are not amused. It may well be that he is

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reprimanded, confined to barracks, which would be the perfect

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opportunity to perfect some of those dance moves.

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Alex, from Buckingham Palacd, dance moves.

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Alex, from Buckingham Palace, thank Alex, from Buckingham Palacd, thank

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you. Time for a check

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on the weather with Stav Danaos. Have you got a few weather moves of

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your own? More cloud rolling into the area

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through the course of the night. A gorgeous end to the day across

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much of the south`east, including the capital. Temperatures almost

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up`to`the`minute 20s. About as we head off through this evening and

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overnight, the cloud making a return. At least with a blanket of

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cloud, it should be another mild one, temperatures 14 or 15 Celsius.

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The reason for the benign weather The reason for the benign weather

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generally is this high`pressure located across the Baltic see. It

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generally is this high`pressure located across the Baltic sde. It is

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located across the Baltic see. It is dragging in some cloudy, mohst air

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dragging in some cloudy, moist air from the East. We don't havd

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dragging in some cloudy, mohst air from the East. We don't have much

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from the East. We don't havd much wind to break up all this cloud.

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Gradually, through the afternoon tomorrow, we should see some

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brighter and sunny spells developing, but it won't be quite as

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sunny as this afternoon. Top temperatures likely to reach 22 or

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23 Celsius again, a little cooler under the cloud. Into Thursday

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evening, we hold on to the dry weather. Friday, rather gre`t start.

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weather. Friday, rather great start. `` grey to start.

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A little cooler where we hold onto the cloud. Into the weekend, we hold

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onto the area of high presstre. the cloud. Into the weekend, we hold

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onto the area of high pressure. By onto the area of high presstre. By

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Sunday, the cloud should recover to allow for some sunny spells.

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The Government says it's examining every possible option to protect

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a British man who's been threatened with death by Islamic State

:27:10.:27:12.

David Cameron insisted that Britain would never give in to the Hslamist

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The capital is facing a future teaching crisis according

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They show a shortage of trainee teachers in maths and science.

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More news at ten o'clock, of course, and plenty more on our webshte.

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From me and all the team here, have a lovely evening.

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